Grain shocker



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medium .of suitable gearing,

other mechanism, effects operation of the va- Fig. 31 is a detachedperspective view of the divider, board.

Fig. 32 is a detached perspective view of Fig. 33 is a plan view showingmy improved shocker connected to a reaper and binder, 1 "j s Figs. 34to'38 inclusive are diagrams illustrating the operation of the mechanismto discharge the basket with its load, and

front of the binder frame, and/the former from the rear corner of theshocker machine to; the forward portion of the binder draft means. Theforwardjpor'tio-n of the shocker frame is supported by a wl'1eel 8,"carried by a swivel arm 9, pivotally mounted ina bearing forming partof the frame 1.

:10; is an axle mounted inbearings on the frame and on the axle arewheels 11 and 12 andmovement of this axle 10 through the clutches andrious parts of the shocker structure.

At the forward end of'the frame 1, I mount a vertical mast'13, which maybe stepped in abearing 13 carried by the cross brace 2, and supportedatits upper end by a be'a ring 14 mounted "on a standard 15' andbraces15*. At theupper end of the mast 1,3

is pivoted a boom 16, said boom carrying at its outer end a set ofgripping fingers, indicated at 17, and more fully described hereinafter.The mast can turn on its pivot and I the-boom can be raised and lowered.The. mast 13 is provided at its lower end with'an arm 18"connected by'alink 19 to a crank arm 20,, carried by a vertical, shaft- 21, havingabroken gear 21" meshing with a broken gear-22,. faststo a horizontalshaft 23; on which is a bevel pinion 24, meshing witha bevelgear wheel25, on vthe end of'r a' longitudinal sha'ft26, which has a worm wheel 27at its opposite end driven by a worm 28 loose on the shaftlO, andoperatively connected therewith by a clutch 29. By the m'eansjust.described,theinas t 13 is given a-ho'rizontal movement to the extent ofapproximately a,

ouarter circle for" the purpose of effecting mevemen may be placed inposition to enable the gripping fingers-to; pick up bundles from thecradle ofgthe shocker when in'one extreme position, and to deliver saidbundles to. the

shock-forming basket30 when in the other extreme; position as shown inFig. 20.

t 'of'th'e boom 16 whereby the latter,

Additionally, in moving from side to side of the machine, the boom israised and lowered, and this may be accomplished by means of a crank '23carried bythe shaft 23; a telescopic rod 31, being more particularlydescribed hereinafter, operatively connecting said crank with the boom.1 V

In the present instance a pinion 32 is formed on the hub of the worm 28,and this pinion has a clutch face 32 for engagement by the clutch 29splined to. the axle 10 so that when the clutch'is in operativeengagement with the pinion, the shaft 26 and the mechanism effectingoperation of the boom can be operated. The pinion 32 meshes with a gearwheel 35, mounted on'a' shaft 36, and said wheel carries on its faceawedge-shaped cam 37 adapted to coact with a' sliding rod 38, andrelease the clutch 29 at the end of each complete revolution of the gearwheel 35, which is in timed relation to the operation of the boom so asto allow it'to make one complete movement from the dwell posi-. tionabove the cradle and return. This interval approximates two andthree-quarter rev olutions of the shaft 10.

The rod 38 issuitably guided in apertured Y lugs 39, carried by a clutchlever 40, which 1 r is pivoted at 40 to bracket 40 carried by the crossbrace 3. A link 41 carried by the rod 38, extends forwardly intooperative engagement with the arm 4201 a bell cran'k lever. pivoted at43 to the-bracket 40?. Action of the cam 37 operating upon therod38moves it laterally, together with thejclutch-lever 40, so as todisengagesaid clutch 29 from the pinion, 32. The parts are held untilthe bel1 crank lever isagain actuated to withdraw the rod 38 out of thepath .ofthe cam 37. After the cam has been' released by the rod 38, a

torsion spring 45 carried by the pivot pin 40?? r of the clutch lever 40throws the same into action again.

The bundles ofgrainare delivered from i the binder delivery platform toa cradle formed of movable arms 50 and fixed arms 53. The arms 5O aresecured to a'rock shaft 51, journaled in suitable bearings 52, carriedby a suitable supporting partiof theframe: work of the shocker'structure. Addition; ally, a series of fixed arms5-3 project upwardlyfrom a p'ortion of the shocker structure which may be termed thetable,and theinitial position of these several; armsisillusif trated in Fig.13. s V 9 r r The arms 50 of the cradle receive the first bundle, and bythe operation of suitable mechanism. to be later described, lift thesame to the position illustrated by dotted lines in'saidfigure,when thegripper'is in the position of rest, shown by broken lines, Fig.

on a shaft 57 and the finger is secured direct- ;2. In addition tothearms50, I provide a divider board 55, and a divider finger v 56- Thedivider board '55 is secured to an arm 58 1- "/Z "r-"1 15.7. The arm 58is connected hone of th'e'arms 50 so that I r 'sumethe raised position,as a ,1 y the full lines', Fig. 2, theshaft [be turned andthe' dividerboard and wi ger wifll bequick ly lifted from the 'sliovvnhby brokenlines in Fig. 13 to I h caljposition" illiistratedin full lines "nd'figiire,.aiidlockediin such position by atch '60, hen the dividerboard is in the position shown by broken lines, a pin 55" on the boardrests upon the lowermost arm 50. erasu e bundle has b e raised to Wposit on an th edivider board and divider 16' been brought intoengagement w'i ,h'ithe same; the arms 50 must be dropped mpick'npthesecfondfbundle; the divider b "d'divider, finger remaining posin heldfirst bundle in place, and gatherin -erg '50 havelifted the second I)dle jth'e gripper isready to pick up the pair bundles; descended fromthe p itibn, shown' broken lines to the posi- I I shown lines, Fig. 2,and by the mechanism described, it may be raised and swung over to'deposit said bundles in the basket; the gripper reversing during thisopratiee, Y

e ontheaxle between a bracket 63 an the crossbar 4 and a collar 61 is abevel piston 61 meshing with a bevel gear wheel 62 mounted ona stud 62'?carried by the bracket :QThe bevel gear Wheel 6.2 carries a crank a 1pin donnected by a link 65 to an arm 66,

on the end of a rock shaft 67, journaled in siiitablebearings 68 on themain frame. The rock shaft 67 also carries an arm 69, connected bye link70, to an arm 71, carried by the rod (iishaft; 51 forming the pivotalsupport for'the arms p The pinion '61 is loose on the shaft 10 and maybe brought into operative engagement therewith by means of a clutchsleeve 75, operated by a clutch lever 76, pivoted at 77, to a bracket 78on the'cro'ss bar 3. The lever is provided with guide lugs 79 for a rod80, hitting a head '81; the opposite end of said lying in position to beengaged by a cam 82'Qnthe back of the pinion 61. Y

T he rod 80controls the operation ofthe cia ehiexieraaa the pinion 61.Each time a biindle is tied and delivered by the binder to thearins 50,the link 85 is actuated-being pushed in the direction of the arrow :20.This link isoperatively connected to a'moving element of the binder andto an arm 86 on a short shaft having avs'econd arm 87 disposed inposition to engage the head 81- of the rod 80 whenthe link 85 isoperated, and this action r'eir'i'oves the end of said rod from the cam82 on the pinion 61; permitting the clutch 7 5 to engage said pinion;said clutch beingniove d tosuch position by a" torsion spring 88. Whenthe link 85is moved to its fullest extent in the direction of the arrowm,"

re an it firstraises and then releases the rod 80, the latter being thencarried again' into the path of the cam 82 by inea ns ofa spring 89 soas again to disconnect the clutch 75 after the pinion 61 completes onerevolution. The movement ofthe link 85 is such that the arm 87 will notonly pull the rod 80 free from engagement with the cam 82, but willpassrbeyond the head 81 thereof so that the spring 89 can act to movethe opposite end of said rod 80' as abovedes'cribed. When the cranks 86and 87 return to the position shown in Fig. 1 the latter must pass thehead 81-of the rod 80, and to permit this, the latter has a" pivoted end87; a spring 87 being employed to hold said end in the active position.

\The crank pin 64 on the pinion 62 is conneeted by a link 90 with a. bar91 pivoted at 92 to the'bracket 40 carried by the cross bar 3. The bar91 carries a pawl 93 adapted for engagement with ratchet wheel 95, alsopivoted on the axis 92; such pawl racking the wheel one tooth for everyrotation of the bevel gear Wheel 62, which represents the deposit of onebundle on the arms 50.

After the divider board 55 has been lifted to the position 'shovvninFig. 13, to sepmesa pair of bundles, it rema'ns in such position untilsaid bundles have been picked up by the gripper and delivered to thehasket; being held in such position by a latch 60, which may be retainedby a spring 60 After such action, it is necessary to drop the dividerboard 55 and the divider finger 56 for proper operation in connectionwith the next pair of bundles, and the latch 60 must be released. F orthis purpose, the arm 60 of the same is connected by a link 96.

with abell-crank lever 97, pivoted at'98 tothe bracket 40, and having anend in positfon to be engaged by pins 99 carried by the ratchet wheel95. The timing is such that. the latch will only be operated after thesecond operation of the arms 50.

The bell-crank lever pivoted at 43 is also actuated by the pins 99 ofthe wheel the same engaging a projection 100 on the arm 12* of saidlever; the end 12 of the same be ing connected by the link 41 to the rod38 and operating to free the same from the cam projection 87 on the faceof the gear wheel 35. It will-be noted that the clutch 29 is thrown inby means of the torsion spring 45. p 7

V The boom 16 carrying the gripping inecln anism is pivoted at the upperend of the mast 13. Itsforward end is connected by means of afispring105 with a bracket 106 7 carried by the mast 13. Carried by the booinapproximately midway between the ends of the same is a bracket 107, to\vhiclr is pivotallyconnected the telescopic rod 31, which'comprises inthe present instance an inner section 108 telescopically fitting thehollow outer'section 109. The lower end of

